Albert C. Comstock (September 20, 1845, in

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– November 14, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of James C. Comstock (born 1819). He attended the public schools and Lansingburgh Academy. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867, and practiced. On August 11, 1869, he married Mary E. Benson (1838–1929). Comstock was a member of the

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(Rensselaer Co., 2nd D.) in

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. He was a member of the

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(16th D.) from 1884 to 1887, sitting in the 107th, 108th, 109th and

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s. In 1895, he was elected Surrogate of Rensselaer County.

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403, 500 and 782)
Biographical sketches of the Members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1885)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Comstock, Albert C 1845 births 1910 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Lansingburgh, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state court judges 19th-century American judges